Instruction and curriculum

‘Day of Discovery’ tour will make a stop in OC to highlight new educational technologies and digital content

Ian Hanigan August 16, 2016

Teachers and administrators from the Orange County area will get a chance to learn about new educational technologies and digital content at Discovery...

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Career technical education offers STEM opportunities for all students

Ian Hanigan August 11, 2016

Game design, robotics, aviation — they’re just a few of the career technical ed courses offered through the Central Orange...

Mijares: OCDE will help schools across California address students’ academic and behavioral needs

Al Mijares August 1, 2016

A new state initiative has the potential to have a transformative impact on education in California — and the Orange...

State Board of Education explores new color-coded accountability system to show school performance

Ian Hanigan July 15, 2016

The Academic Performance Index is out, set to be replaced by — well, that remains to be seen. But as...

OCDE to lead statewide implementation of academic and behavioral framework

Ian Hanigan July 12, 2016

The Orange County Department of Education has been awarded $30 million in state funding to assist schools and districts throughout California...

Santiago High team takes first place in contest to build robots that can locate disaster survivors

Ian Hanigan May 26, 2016

A team of four students from Santiago High School in Garden Grove took first place at the Rescue Robotics Invitational at...

Painting their own paths: ACCESS art program soars with at-risk students

Staff reports May 11, 2016

Pick a quote, any quote, and paint a picture of those words. This is just one of the artistic exercises the...

OCDE to host ‘Publishers’ Faire’ featuring new standards-aligned instructional materials

Staff reports May 10, 2016

Orange County administrators, curriculum coordinators, coaches and teachers will get a chance to preview new instructional materials aligned with the state...

Q&A: STEM director discusses educational technologies and classrooms of the future

Ian Hanigan May 4, 2016

Tom Turner’s title is an alphabet soup of abbreviations. He’s OCDE’s director of STEM CTE, which is short for Science,...

OCDE in 30 Seconds: Nutrition programs focus on ‘the whole child’

Ian Hanigan April 21, 2016

For our latest “OCDE in 30 Seconds” video, we gave Dareen Khatib, manager of OCDE’s Nutrition and Wellness Services team,...